Cripple Creek Days Review

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of the younger daughter of two the couple had Jonce decides the move to Cripple Creek a mining camp south of Colorado Springs, Colorado; while sending Kitty and Marbel to stay with family in Kansas while he gets situated in Cripple Creek. Thus, through the book there are many insights into the life of a westerner as the family reunites and lives in Cripple Creek the reader then sees many aspects as to which the development of Cripple Creek reflects the settlement of the west in the late 19th century.
One aspect of the book that reflects the westward movement in the late 19th century was most apparent was the town of Cripple Creek itself. A small settlement originally lacking any type of major buildings and housing most settlers lived in tents, as did the Lee family for some time at the beginning of the stay in Cripple Creek. Furthermore the town was settled as a mining town just South of Colorado Springs in hopes of becoming a major ore supplier, as did many small towns in that ...

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you can directly see the aspects of western settlement through the changes Cripple Creek undergoes as it grows in age. One major aspect in the cities development that was the most major aspect of the western settlement was arrival of a railroad system (Rio Grande) in Cripple Creek. This was an essential part to the growth of the economy during the settlement of the west. The railroads caused many changes on the city to be It allowed for the city to become physically connected with markets in other cities and states so that goods could be sold for more in places where the demand was higher for that good. As seen when Jonce was talking of going places to sell his ore he found as ...

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